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Hi Amy!
came across this story via MSN tonight on Pig Islet Cell transplants.
Human tests of diabetes procedure put on hold
Updated Wed. Sep. 6 2006 8:28 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Two Canadian patients have undergone an experimental transplant of pig cells to treat their Type 1 diabetes. But international authorities have asked their Mexican doctor to stop performing the procedure, saying there isn’t enough evidence that it’s safe for humans.
CTV first covered the controversial work of Dr. Rafael Valdes in 2004 for the investigative series W-FIVE.
Dr. Valdes takes insulin-producing cells from six-day-old piglets, and puts them into a small chamber previously implanted in a human patient’s abdomen.
The pig cells then appear to produce insulin, a vital hormone which the patient’s own body can no longer make.
The process known as xenotransplantation — animal-to-human transplantation — and it is one of the most promising areas of research for diabetes.
There is no cure for type 1 diabetes, and it is mainly treated with insulin injections.
Full Article here :
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060905/xenotransplantation_diabetes_060905/20060906?hub=Health
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Really very nice piece of informative articles and news related to diabetes. Keep it up.